H.—44.

and wages paid during 1939-40 recorded an increase of £2,190,539. The cost of materials used in industry advanced by £9,597,226, and the total value of production increased by £14,614,400. " Added value " increased by £5,017,174.

Included in the aggregate figures shown in the above table are figures relating to such industries as meat freezing, butter and cheesemaking, &e. In the following table the figures are shown as they relate to groups according to general character of industries and the nature of the operations carried on. In this way the position of the real manufacturing industries of the Dominion is more clearly indicated, as distinct from those industries closely associated with the primary industries or representing the. provision of public utilities under monopoly conditions, including gasworks and electricity generation and supply. The following table provides the basis of comparison of the classification of industries into four groups : —

Table showing for the Years 1935-36, 1936-37, 1937-38, 1938-39, and 1939-40 Figures relating to Various Industries classified into Four Groups as stated.

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v Index Number ' (] 937-38 = 100). 1937-38. 1938-39. | 1939-40. 1938-39. 1939-40. . J Number of establishments .. .. 5,924 6,146 6,342 1,04 107 Number of persons engaged .. .. 102,344 102,535 108,722 100 106 Salaries and wages paid .. .. £20,981,587 £22,270,010 £24,460,54-9 106 117 Cost of materials used or operated upon .. £75,084,173 £75.344,181 £84,941,407 103 113 Other expenses .. .. .. £10,827,593 £10,292,526 £11,345,533 95 105 Value of production .. .. .. £113,691,556 £114,447,426 £129,061,826 101 114 Added value .. .. .. .. £38,607,383 £39,103,245 £44,120,419 101 114 Value of — Land and buildings .. .. £25,573,741 £27,201,642 £28,544,177 106 112 Plant and machinery .. .. £47,164,981 £49,296,160 £52,029,298 104- 110 £72,738,722 £76,497,802 £80,573,475 105 111 I

Y Persons Salaries and Cost of Materials Value of I Value added by Buildings, engaged. Wages paid. used. Products. ! Manufacture. I lant, and Machmory. Group 1. Group 1 includes industries such as meat-freezing; ham and bacon curing; butter, cheese, and condensed milk ; sausage-casings, fellmongering, and woolscouring ; boiling-down and manure-making. Number. £ £ £ £ £ 1935-36.. 13,175 2,748,360 37,559,333 43,512,567 5,953,234 9,078 347 1936-37 .. 13,458 3,217,821 44,296,344 51,139,656 6,843,312 9,305,107 1937-38 .. 13,498 3,594,568 45,511,066 52,191,872 6,680,806 9,379,247 1938-39 .. 13,391 3,837,057 44,052,066 51,062,411 7,010,345 9,860,815 1939-40.. 13,737 4,131,347 48,852,628 56,996,301 8,143,673 10,035,203 Group 2. Group 2 includes industries such as gas making and supply, electricity generation and supply. 1935-36 .. 4,789 1,143,208 4,248,815 6,248,748 1,999,933 33,609,706 1936-37.. 5,120 1,278,172 4,554,257 6,563,185 2,008,928 34,526 759 1937-38.. 5,347 1,428,989 4,857,182 7,189,456 2,332,274 35,715 744 1938-39.. 5,681 1,558,272 5,582,324 7,839,507 2,257,183 37,220 521 1939-40.. 5,880 1,659,291 6,301,961 8,738,110 2,436,179 38,839,996 Group 3. Group 3 includes such industries as fish-curing; log-sawmilling; lime crushing and burning, &c., preparations; brick, tile, and pottery making; concrete block or pipe and fibrous-plaster making; flax-milling; pumice-products. 1935-36.. 9,965 1,823,952 1,570,068 5,340,289 3,770,221 3,774 949 1936-37 .. 11,404 2,363,626 1,864,514 6,488,431 4,623,917 3,875,066 1937-38 .. 12,014 2,763,509 2,197,525 7,424,367 5,226,842 4,083,510 1938-39.. 11,582 2,821,706 2,401,864 7,700,379 5,298,515 4,106 289 1939-40 .. 12,440 3,159,701 2,689,624 8,600,714 5,911,090 4,195,783 Group 4. Group 4 includes industries of a type not included in the above classifications, such as grain-milling, iron-smolting, motor engineering, &c. 1935-36 .. 58,659 9,128,847 16,526,177 34,913,144 18,350,967 20,975 877 1936-37.. 66,419 11,473,458 19,952,960 41,750,450 21,797,490 21,890 333 1937-38.. 71,485 13,194,521 22,518,400 46,885,861 24,367,4-61 23 560 221 1938-39.. 71,881 14,052,975 23,307,927 47,845,129 24,537,202 25 310*177 1939-40.. 76,665 15,510,210 27,097,194 54,726,701 27,629,507 27,502 493